Events

The Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research (CMI) hosts a variety of events throughout the year, including seminars, conferences, workshops, and short courses.

• Introduction to copyright: Copyright and secondary data use

  10:00 - 11:30 29 April 2025

  This second session on copyright focuses on copyright considerations in the context of secondary data use. The first session, Introduction to copyright: Copyright and publishing, provides an overview on copyright considerations in both publishing and teaching. This free 90-minute online workshop will cover the following issues: - secondary data...

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• Social Statistics Seminar Series - Prof Michael Elliott

  15:00 - 16:00 7 May 2025

  Please join us for the last Social Statistics seminar of the semester. We have coffee and cake! Michael Elliott Professor of Biostatistics University of Michigan Title: The Role of Probability Samples in the 21st Century In this talk I will review the rise, fall, and rise(?) of probability sampling for human populations in the 20th and 21st...

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• Ethical and legal guidelines in data sharing

  10:00 - 11:30 8 May 2025

  Data management is essential to make sure that well-organised, well-documented, high quality and shareable research data can be produced from our research projects. A key data management component is considering the ethical and legal issues of collecting, using and/or sharing data. Researchers obtaining or using data obtained from people are expected...

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• Role of informed consent in ethical data collection, sharing and reuse

  10:00 - 11:30 13 May 2025

  Are you collecting research data involving human participants? Do you plan to share these data? Understanding the role of informed consent when working with human participants is ethically crucial. Join us for a free, 90-minute online workshop designed to guide researchers through the complexities of informed consent in the context of data archiving...

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• Getting started with secondary analysis

  10:00 - 11:30 16 May 2025

  Participants will learn about the key issues to consider when using secondary data analysis as a method. This introductory workshop will briefly cover the pros and cons of reusing data and the importance of learning about the origins of your data. Quantitative and qualitative secondary analysis will be discussed with examples and issues of context,...

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• Introduction to anonymisation techniques for social sciences research data

  10:00 - 11:30 22 May 2025

  Researchers are often at a crossroads on how to share data collected from human participants ethically while complying with the rigorous standards set by UK General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act. This introductory workshop offers a foundational understanding of data anonymisation principles and practices tailored for social...

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• Best practices for documenting social sciences research data

  10:00 - 11:30 10 June 2025

  Data documentation is essential to make sure that well-organised and well-documented research data can be produced from our research projects. This introductory workshop offers a comprehensive overview of documentation practices tailored to various data types, most specifically primary and secondary data, with a focus on survey data and transcript...

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